{"product_id":"orange-1930s-irving-trust-company-stock-certificate-treasures","title":"Antique Orange 1930s Irving Trust Company 🏦 Stock Certificate","description":"\u003ch2\u003eWhat Was Irving Trust? 🏦 Irving Trust Company, orange 100-share certificate\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 13 1\/2\" x 9 1\/2\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"max-width:315px;margin:0 auto 20px;\"\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:177.78%;height:0;overflow:hidden;\"\u003e\u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RbFaMF78ChA\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer;autoplay;clipboard-write;encrypted-media;gyroscope;picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA big, bright orange stock certificate from one of Wall Street's great old banks, engraved by the American Bank Note Company. These are 1930s Irving Trust Company certificates for one hundred shares, each one cancelled, from a bank that was gone by 1988.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e🔍 What's on it\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAcross the top, an engraved harbor scene: a seated woman in a laurel wreath holding a caduceus in one hand and a bundle of rods hung with a balance scale in the other, beside a shield marked \u003cstrong\u003eENTERPRISE\u003c\/strong\u003e with a plow and a sheaf of wheat under a rising sun. Behind her a train crosses a stone-arch bridge, paddle steamers work the harbor, a ship comes in under both sail and steam, and a strongbox sits at her side with a heap of coins spilling in front of it. Somebody at the bank note company packed a whole lot of commerce into one little picture. Under it, \u003cstrong\u003eIRVING TRUST COMPANY\u003c\/strong\u003e in big shaded letters and \u003cstrong\u003eINCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK\u003c\/strong\u003e. \u003cstrong\u003e100 SHARES\u003c\/strong\u003e sits in the orange corner panels, and the body reads \u003cstrong\u003eONE HUNDRED\u003c\/strong\u003e shares of the capital stock at a par value of $10 each. There's an orange embossed-look seal with a spread eagle, \u003cem\u003eIRVING TRUST COMPANY, NEW YORK\u003c\/em\u003e, the registrar line for \u003cstrong\u003eThe New York Trust Company\u003c\/strong\u003e, and \u003cstrong\u003eAMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY\u003c\/strong\u003e along the bottom edge. All of it is framed in fine orange lathework. The back carries the transfer form, and the certificates are punch-cancelled.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStock paper like this earns its markings: signatures and endorsements on the back, a transfer-agent or broker stamp, the cancellation punches, a pencil note from the ledger. That's history on the page, and it varies from one certificate to the next.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e📜 The bank named for Washington Irving\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe bank goes back to \u003cstrong\u003e1851\u003c\/strong\u003e, when the \u003cstrong\u003eIrving Bank of the City of New York\u003c\/strong\u003e was founded, named for \u003cstrong\u003eWashington Irving\u003c\/strong\u003e, the author of \"Rip Van Winkle\" and \"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,\" who had become America's first internationally famous man of letters. His portrait even appeared on the bank's own notes. It grew into a giant: from \u003cstrong\u003e1913 to 1931\u003c\/strong\u003e its headquarters was in the \u003cstrong\u003eWoolworth Building\u003c\/strong\u003e, then the tallest building in the world, and in \u003cstrong\u003e1929\u003c\/strong\u003e Irving was the fourth-ranked financial institution in New York and fifth in the whole country. After 1931 it moved to its own tower at \u003cstrong\u003e1 Wall Street\u003c\/strong\u003e, where it stayed for the rest of its life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd then it was gone. After a year-long hostile takeover fight, the Irving Trust board agreed on \u003cstrong\u003eOctober 7, 1988\u003c\/strong\u003e to merge with the \u003cstrong\u003eBank of New York\u003c\/strong\u003e. The building at 1 Wall Street is still there, and a certificate like this is what's left of the bank that built it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e📅 How old is it?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis orange 100-share form is a 1930s printing. The registrar printed on them, The New York Trust Company, was itself merged away in 1959.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSome collectors research the other signatures on stock certificates and their history. I have never done this, as I can barely read my own signature, let alone one from over 100 years ago!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e🏡 Display\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat orange border looks sharp framed in an office, a den or behind a desk, and it's a great gift for anyone in banking or finance, or anybody who loves New York history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"relatedBlock\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e🔎 More From The Vintage \u0026amp; Antique Gifts Archive\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/vintageantiquesgifts.com\/products\/green-1930s-irving-trust-company-stock-certificate-unveiled\"\u003eAntique Green 1930s Irving Trust Company Stock Certificate 🏦 Unveiled\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/vintageantiquesgifts.com\/products\/american-bank-note-co-stock-certificate-roaring-20s-treasures\"\u003eAntique 1920s - 1960s American Bank Note Company Stock Certificate 📜 Green Eagle Vignette Wall Street Scripophily\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/vintageantiquesgifts.com\/products\/american-bank-note-stock-certificates-1930s-treasures-antique\"\u003eAntique 1920s - 1960s American Bank Note Company Common Stock Certificate 🦅 Orange, Bald Eagle Vignette\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Vintage and Antique Gifts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46588958507240,"sku":"VAG-8918980133096","price":7.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0597\/2718\/4037\/files\/il_fullxfull.6218777947_ir7j.jpg?v=1785286394","url":"https:\/\/vintageantiquesgifts.com\/products\/orange-1930s-irving-trust-company-stock-certificate-treasures","provider":"Vintage and Antique Gifts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}